AllTheGames - Rules & Ideas

AllTheThings

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About this app

AllTheGames is a pocket encyclopedia of games to play together — and it works completely offline. No account, no sign-up, no clutter. Just 226 games, each with what you need, how many players it takes, how long it runs, how to set up, and the rules one step at a time.

It answers the question you actually arrive with: "there are five of us and one deck of cards — what can we play?" The home screen filters by how many people you have, and one tap shows the games that need no equipment at all.

SEVEN CATEGORIES

• Card Games — Rummy, Hearts, Spades, Whist, Cribbage, Go Fish, Cheat, President, Euchre, and solitaire from Klondike to FreeCell (45 games)
• Dice Games — Yacht, Farkle, Pig, Liar's Dice, Shut the Box, Ship Captain and Crew, Bunco (25)
• Yard & Garden — Bocce, Kubb, Cornhole, Ladder Toss, Horseshoes, Croquet, Pétanque, egg-and-spoon and sack races (29)
• Playground — Tag and its dozen variants, Hide and Seek, Hopscotch, Capture the Flag, Marbles, Conkers, skipping and clapping games (33)
• Party & Parlour — Charades, Mafia, Wink Murder, Fishbowl, Twenty Questions,
Consequences, Telephone, Musical Chairs (36)
• Pen & Paper — Dots and Boxes, Hangman, Sprouts, Sea Battle, Nim, Bulls and Cows, Racetrack (26)
• Board & Tile — Chess, Go, Backgammon, Draughts, Nine Men's Morris, Dominoes, Mancala, Reversi, Hnefatafl, and other traditional games from around the world (32)

FEATURES

• 200+ games, every one written from scratch in plain language
• Filter by player count first — "there are five of us" — then by category
• "No kit" filter for the games that need nothing but the people (38 of them)
• 20 games you can play alone; 122 that work with eight or more
• Every game works offline — no connection needed
• Search across names, regional names, equipment and tags
• Mark your favourites
• "Pick Random" — can't decide? Let the app choose, indoor or outdoor
• Read-aloud mode — the rules advance on a timer, so one person can read them to the
group hands-free while everyone deals or lines up
• Light and dark themes, and it lays out properly on a tablet
• Private by design — your favourites and settings stay on your device and we have no
server

A NOTE ON THE PHYSICAL GAMES

Many entries are active outdoor games. Where a game has a real injury history — conkers,
British Bulldog, leapfrog — the app carries a plain safety note and, where a game is
widely banned in schools, says so and gives a gentler alternative. Adults should read
those notes and use their own judgement about which games suit the children in their
care.

Made by AllTheThings.

What’s new

200+ games to play together — card games, dice games, yard and playground games, party games, pen-and-paper games and traditional board games from around the world. Each with the equipment, player count, play time, setup and numbered rules.

Filter by how many of you there are. Find the games that need no kit. Every game works offline. Read-aloud mode turns the rules on a timer so one person can read them to the group. Light and dark themes; tablet layout.